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div class="content"It was the summer of 1966 and the sky was a glorious...okay...it wasn't 1966, BUUUT it was in the range of...no that's a lie /br /Let me start over. It was the spring of my junior year, I had put up with Nathaniel and Mari's relationship for so long by that point. I was getting sick of him and how she kept going back to him. So I finally broke and done something on my own. I got a /br /Jay wasn't really my boyfriend at first, just someone I hung out with that wasn't Thyme, Constance or Mari. He was the exact opposite of me. Brown hair, blue eyes and a stoic but interesting personality—but he was cool. (Biggest plus was that he was from Italy, simple proof that Shelbyville has no good ones) We spent almost every moment together when I wasn't enduring a gut wrenching scene of Nathaniel and Mari /br /It took us a good couple of months before he finally for the balls to ask me out. That was actually wanna the funniest boyfriend proposals I've ever had. He asked me at a time when i finally had Mari all to myself. Her and I decided to go into town and just be idiot teenagers...well OUR version of idiot teenagers. Which pretty much meant we hung out at Rose's and ignored idiot /br /"Oreos are the way to a women's heart...with a side of Dr. Pepper...wait I LIED! It's the other way around," I threw a case of Dr. Pepper and pack of Oreos into our cart and wheeled myself towards the candy isle. Mari followed me with a large smile on her face as she laughed at my childish antics. She seemed off tonight and if my pissed-meter was on a good alert system. Nathaniel was the reason /br /"What did he do?" I stopped the cart and stood in front of her and narrowed my eyes. She raised an eyebrow and walked around /br /"Why does it have to be him, what if it's something else?" she picked up a pack of gummy bears before sitting it back downbr /br /"Is it?"br /"No... He has been off again lately.."br /"Ditch his ass-"br /"Rose-"br /br /"Hey, Rose." a small southern draw interrupted our argument. Mari looked over my shoulder as I turned around. Jay wore a pair of mud stained blue jeans and a black Army t-shirt, and his hair was freshly buzzed. I had to admit; the kid looked damn good, but Mari's dick suckling boyfriend problems were clouding my /br /"Hiya Jay, what's up?" I gave him a smile and he flashed a /br /"Hi Mari," he waved at my best friend; brownie points for that. "Rose, I was actually wondering if you wanted to go catch a movie...maybe get something to eat afterwards?" he looked at the cart then to Mari and back at me," unless you are busy, then we can some other time." He gave Mari a smile and my midget /br /"I own Rose ninety-five percent of the time, you can borrow her for five percent...for now." She flashed him the 'devious best friend' smile that we wear for each other. Giving me a quick hug she grabbed the cart from me and wheeled away. Leaving me blind sided by the fact that my best friend just stole my Dr. Pepper and /br /"You wanna go see a movie?" Jay pulled me back to him and I /br /"Sure,"br /br /We started dating exclusively after that for about eight months. He was one of the coolest guys I have ever dated-br /—br /"Don't give me that look," Rose scoffed at her husband. Seth threw his hands up and made a bewildered /br /"I said ONE of the coolest, it's not like I said he WAS the coolest...no that was Scott..."br /br /"Woah, I haven't heard of Scott...who is Scott and why is he cooler then me?" Seth sulked at his wife. She gave me a smile that stuttered his heart before her eyes flashed devilishlybr /br /"Scott was my History teacher," everyone's jaw hit the table except for Mari. She laughed softly and took a /—br /Jay and I had broken up in mid November. Nothing serious we just didn't want to date each other anymore and YES MARI it was not because I was still a virgin and he was not. We went different ways, still friends but nothing more. Mari and Nathaniel were still sickeningly together and I was, once again, the ever present third wheel. I spent more time with Thyme and Constance then I found I wanted to, simple because Mari was always with the anal king himself—ALL THE TIME!br /br /If I wasn't imagining blowing King Suck-a-Dick up with my mind, or with Thyme and Constance, I was in the library or in my favorite teachers class; Mr. Twist. He was the U.S History teacher, I had him junior year and he was such and awesome teacher that I was his teachers assistant my senior year. It helped that HE WAS HOT!br /He had deep blue eyes that were sculpted by long black lashes, tan hair was was cropped short in a messy but stylish style. He was the basket ball coach, so he was built but not too defined. He was tallish—about MacFarlane's height, give or take a few inches. His smile was sweet and caring and he ha a deep resonating voice that pulled you /—br /Mari interrupted with a very awkward, cut laugh," Ahaha sex," she have Rose a creepy smile and batted her lashes. Rose looked at her friend like she was the special Ed kid of the /br /"Ahaha No!"br /—br /Scott had been a teacher for about five years and a divorcee for three. His wife left him for differences in the marriage, which left Scott with custody of their daughter Gemma—Yes he had a daughter. I maintained my crush to just a few here and there peeks. Never letting my teacher know I was lusting after him like he was a piece of-br /—br /"Seth, I swear to GOD I will cut. You. Off!" the older man unfolded his arms and straightened up. His scowl still in place while he turned his head away from his wife. "No sex. Two weeks." the king of Family Guy turned to his bride in one quick movement and grabbed her around he /br /"I'm sorry, I'll stop pouting, please baby not two weeks." Rose burst into laughter and pulled her loving husband into a /br /"okay, two days, now I'm going to continue."br /—br /..Like a piece of candy. Nothing happened between us until about a month after Jay and I broke up and Mari and Nathaniel had another fight...no thanks to /br /"Rose...Rose!" a hand slapped down on the papers in front of me. I jumped about twelve feet before looking up at Mr. Twist, his blue eyes were filled with /br /"You graded one of the papers wrong... and you wrote, "Pay attention and maybe you'll get somewhere and your short pathetic life..." Are you okay?" I blushed at his question of concern and looked down at the paper I was grading presently. Pushing it to the side of the table I stood up and rubbed my /br /"Yeah, just some stuff going on...since its my last hour do you mind of I just go on home?" I looked up at him and froze. His blue eyes were trained to me with more intensity then a teacher should have while looking at a student. I felt my face blush even deeper and averted my eyes before leaning down to pick up my /br /"Rose," I'll admit it; my heart did a double take at my name coming from his lips. "Are you sure you're okay," his hand lifted to land on my arm and my skin burned beneath his /br /"Yes. I am just, uh, distracted..." I'll admit I moved just a little closer to him. Wanting more then just his hand to send warmth through me...br /—br /"SETH," The older gentleman looked at his wife and /br /"it's just not fair that HE is better then ME," His bottom lip jutted out. Rose looked at him with a smile playing her lipsbr /br /"Baby, he might be cooler then you but there is one you have that he doesn't," She leaned towards him and placed her lips against his ear; her hand sliding up his thigh an resting just beside an intimate area. Seth looked to her and flashed his infamous grin, "And that is..."br /br /"Money."br /—br /The air around and I changed dramatically after that little incident. I would catch him standing a little closer then normal, or, when he'd catch me staring he wouldn't look away. Butterflies were constantly in my stomach and it wasn't until Jay pointed it out that I realized /br /"Where's Mari," he sat down next to me and I pointed to the food line. Nathaniel was leaning over her and touching her /br /"Making me puke up my lunch," I glanced at my ex and smiled, "Awe you're gonna sit with me." he rolled his eyes at me but sat down /br /"He is rather taller then her," Jay commented as he opened his milk and peered at the dick weed and /br /I shrugged, "Whatever," a form walked up to the table and stopped. I lifted my eyes and got a tasty eye full of Scott /br /"Mr. Twist," I inwardly prayed my cheeks weren't flaming red, "Can i help you?"br /br /His eyes flickers to Jay then back to me as a smile played his lips," I wanted to let you know that we'll be grading pre-exams today." I nodded as he walked away. Jay stayed silent next to me as I took a bite of my sandwich. I could feel Jay shifting awkwardly in his spot next to me. Rubbing my chin, I turned my head to him and lifted an eyebrow, "Ants in your pants, dude what's up?"br /Jay hesitated before answering me, "He acted the way I did when I would talk to you."br /br /"who.."br /"Mr. Twist..." My stomach did a flip /"Jay, he's a teacher-"br /"And you're a hot ass teenager. Baby, he was givin' you the same look I have given you along with other boys at this school. He wants you bad." I didn't respond to him. How could you say anything to THAT kind of accusation. When the bell rang for fifth hour I couldn't escape quick enough to the /—br /"Did you have any clue to his feelings, before hand?" Anne looked at me with a tilted smile. I shook my head quickly before responding back to /br /"I thought it was all in my mind...nothing happened for almost a month, just a lot of flirting. I didn't say anything to him until exams came up and I couldn't wait anymore."br /—br /Stepping in front of his desk I could feel my heart in my feet. He was going to kick me out of the classroom...ass first...br /Taking a deep breath; I felt my nerves amp up to tenth degree, "Mr. twist." he looked up at me. His eyes shockingly blue as he tilted his head to the side and gave me a /br /"Rose?"br /"I...uh...I can't be your special assignment anymore and I do not need the volunteer credit." my words sounded robotic and almost forced. His eyebrows knitted together a he placed his hands flat on the table. I watched him rise from his chair and walk around the desk to lean against the edge. He crossed his arms over his chest a looked me dead in the /br /"May I ask why," his voice was deeper then /I felt like a little girl all of a sudden," I...uh...I just can't," My immediate thought was, Wow, great excuse Missus dumb ass..br /br /"Is it because of the boy with the buzz cut?" his tone was purely curious but I could hear the vail of /br /"No,"br /"Then tell the truth-"br /"I did-"br /"Rose, tell. Me. The. Truth," With each word he stepped towards me. His crossed arms touched my chest and my stomach tightened in a painful knot. None of my usual sarcastic responses would have saved me an his eyes were so damn blue. I took in a deep breath, causing his arms to press against my chest and his expression changed. His brows unknit as his features softened into a new mask. A mask that sent a chill from my head to my toes. He uncrossed his arm and lifted a hand to my /br /"Why don't you wanna be my special assignment," the way he said special assignment made me smile. His thumb brushed over my indented cheek as the corner of my lips curved into a smile. I lifted my hand and touched his, my finger tips brushing over his knuckles and causing him to step closer once more, "Rose.."br /br /"I have a crush on my teacher," the words left my lips before I could stop them. Not that it really mattered; I had said exactly what he wanted to hear because he leaned forwards and pressed his lips to /—br /Green's mouth fell open as he stared at his sister in-law. Rose raised an eyebrows at the short ginger and pursed her lips before making an exaggerated kissing /br /"Yes Midget, I made out with mah teacher-"br /"Oh, she did much more then that." Mari chimed in with a sinister smile on her red lips. The dinner parties eyes turned on her and she flashed a wicked gleam at /br /"What do you mean?" Seth spoke up first. Ross shook her head at her best friend and silently prayed she'd keep her mouth /Mari had other /"He was her first-"br /"MARI!-" Rose yelled across the /"Damn," Green looked on in /"Holy Shit-" Seth went limp in his seat. Rose imagined him as a balloon and pictured all of his helium leaving him at once. She turned to her husband an grabbed his hand, putting pressure on his palmbr /br /"Darling,"br /"I'm okay," He lifted up and squeezed her hand back, "Just a little shocked...do you mind if we move on past this..."br /"Not at all, my love," Rose's voiced dropped all sarcasm and soften greatly as she smiled shyly at her husband. It was a side of her by rarely saw and it made MacFarlane's heart thump wildly in his chest. He leaned forward and kissed her once before resting his forehead against hers, "Let's start from College," Rose said with an air of /"Alright," Seth gave her a reassuring kiss before pulling back and motioning for her to /—br /I didn't really have time to date, date in college because of classes and work. I did meet a few people but it never really went past he getting to know each other. I did have one relationship my freshmen year for about six months with a dude name Derrick, he was in one I my writing courses. We broke up after a while when he started to get all philosophical on me an I just didn't care. Then I met /br /You know the story of how we met but allow me to entertain you about what happened later that night. I had to celebrate that night because I had finally finished my script, handed it to Garrett and he liked it...well...he didn't throw it at my head, so, it counted. I wanted to go out an celebrate with a bang. So what better way to celebrate then with a celebrity, even I that Celebrity was Seth /br /I searched the drama building for the heir to the Animation throne until I found him sitting in the parking lot smoking. I approached him and with a movement so quick; I knocked the cigarette away and dramatically posed before him. He just rolled his eyes up at me and /br /"May I help you?" He pulled another Cigarette out and placed it on his lips. I made a look of disgust as he lit it up and took a long /br /"Those things are disgusting," I waved the smoke away from my face. "You should quit,"br /br /"The day we get married, I'll consider dropping he vise," He pulled another drag before looking back at me," What do you want?"br /br /I stepped back a few inches and opened my arms, "To celebrate my dearest success, Me, myself and I have finished he script an it has been approved. Therefore I believe that we should go out and have some fun," I smiled wildly and waited for his response. MacFarlane looked slightly weary at first; actually very weary. His usual smirk was dropped and he didn't agree immediately to the dumb idea. I waited a fraction of a minute before standing up straight and putting my hand on my /br /"What?"br /"What kind of fun are talking about," He rose from his perched position against a black Toyota Camry that looked about two years old. His hand with the cigarette dropped to his side and my eyes followed, terrified he'd burn /br /"Rose?" A finger touched my chin and I snapped my head back up to me his chocolate /br /I smiled, "Bars, music, dancing the whole shebang I am feeling festive tonight," I swayed my hips to an imaginary beat and closed my eyes. MacFarlane reached out and Grabbed my waist, stopping me mid /br /"Rose, are you even old enough?" his voice was full of concern and I couldn't help myself as I doubled over in laughter. My stomach begun to hurt and my laughter soon turned into very unattractive snorts. Did he really just ask me that? Honestly?br /br /"Dude, MacFarlane, how old do you think I am?" his brown orbs looked at me with seriousness I had no idea he could muster," Dude...I'm twenty two," It was like a light had been flipped and he came back to life. His usual smile was put back into place and he took hold of my /br /"Well then, Missus Jeeson, after you," he motioned to the passenger side of his car and I winked at /~~br /It took us a good thirty minuets before we finally found a place MacFarlane didn't detest with a purple passion. It was a small night club that played Jazz an had a nineteen fifties feel to it, the kind that made ya want to dress in a cock tail dress and speak like he old detective movies. The lights were dim and the atmosphere made an electric charge go through me. I will admit it, I had never gone out and drank before...I actually had never drank before-br /—br /"WHAT?" Seth burst from his sitting position and stood up right as Rose looked at him /br /"Babe? Relax and let me finish," she touched his shoulder and sat him back down as she /—br /Anyways— Seth bought me my first drink, a martini with the little umbrella. He got a scotch and we watched as the Jazz band played a mellow tempo and daring couples danced to /br /"Do you dance?" Seth leaned over to me and whispered in my ear. I smiled and grabbed his hand before leading him towards the other couples. We didn't speak, we just swayed to the music with our bodies pressed against each other. A few times a waiter brought us more drinks and my head begun to get buzzy. The tempo of the music changed and do did mine and Seth's dancing. No longer were we just swaying with each other. The tune changed and so did our movements. Seth's hand were on me and mine were in his hair, his back, his waist it didn't matter. By the time the song has ended and my buzz had boosted, we were /br /"Rose," He looked me in the eyes and I didn't think twice about kissing him. My lips touched his and everything inside me had a pulse,"Let's get out of here," he said once we pulled away from each other. I nodded and let him intertwine our fingers while he led us out I the club and towards his /—br /"Before you get judgmental, I made him call a cab once I realized he couldn't stick the key in the lock," Rose pointed a finger as Anne. A waited walked up to the table with a pad and placed a white piece of paper down. MacFarlane didn't hesitate to grab the check and lay down two hundred dollar bills. The group rose from the table and Anne looked at Rose with a patient /br /"Oh right, sorry," as the group made their way out of the fancy-dancy restaurant; Rose /—br /Like I said, I made MacFarlane get a cab and it drove us to his place. The whole way there we kept kissing and touching each other, making the cabbie very uncomfortable. When we finally reached his place, we barley parts lip. I do believe the longest we separated was when we were stripping each others clothes off. We didn't make it to the bedroom, but we did stumble out way to the kitchen /—br /Green and Mari gave the taller couple horrified expressions as thoughts of countless breakfasts ran through their minds. They both ate on that table, they leaned against it, placed their hands on it...br /br /"YEAH! Be traumatized!" Rose yelled loudly as they walked down the sidewalk of west boulevard. Mari and Green both gave Rose the finger. He smiled back at them before stepping into her husbands out stretched arm. Anne watched the two couples and smiled once /br /"So, you and Seth begun dating after that?" The interviewer asked politely. Rose snorted just as MacFarlane said /br /"We hung out a few times but we never dated. Seth's animation domination was taking hold and Mari and I were getting our show on its feet. We didn't see each other enough to actually start a relationship. Granted; we banged...a lot...but nothing serious came of it. Other then the occasional booty call from Mah husband here, I didn't date he rest of College. I did, however, date a fair share of celebrities after college." Anne looked intrigued by this so Rose divulged into her /—br /I'll start about a year after college, Mari and I had just gotten an apartment in Vegas and Rick was doing all he could to set our show /br /Our lovely producer leaned against the railing of the agents porch. His hair was slightly unruly from running his hands through it constantly tonight, a nervous tick I noticed he possessed. We had been to six agent companies that day and all of them had said the same thing, "Is good; it's just not us."br /br /"This is getting frustrating. You girls, you have talent that the world wants to see but none of these FUCKERS won't to show it," Mari and I had never heard Rick use that type of language and it threw us off /br /"Rick, babe, why don't we just take a break today. Go back to the apartment and take a nap or something," I touched his arm and he relaxed a /br /Nodding his head he took in a deep breath, "You're are right Rosemarie. I will go back to the apartment and take a nap of something...maybe look up more gutless talent agents and see if they have the balls to-"br /"Wow cowboy, slow your roll there, just to back to the apartment and chill, jus chill." Mari interrupted Rick's tyrant. Our producer looked at her once more before actually agreeing and started off for our /br /"Luck will come our way, I can feel it," Mari said with optimism leaking from her voice. I didn't have the heart to tell my friend that luck has never been our best friend. We continued to walk the path that led to the strip, neither of us really knowing where we were going. We spoke of how awesome it would be to have our show up and to be recognized for our pure awesomeness—SHUT UP GREEN—br /br /When we made it to the strip, we rotated towards the less crowed bars on the walk ways. We didn't need loud and proud at that time, we needed a place that we could sit, maybe drink and let ourselves relax. Mari said she'd find us booth that we could hide ourselves in while I went and ordered drinks for us. Walking back to find my sister I caught eyes with a man with brown hair and light blonde high lights. His blue eyes flashed as he smiled at me and ignored the smaller guy talking into his ear. I felt a blush creep up my neck to settle into my cheeks as I made my way to find /br /Once I found her I sat down quickly and let my breath out as a rush of glee crashed over me. My sister looked at me with a raised eyebrow before asking he impending question, "Did you get banged on the way to the table?" I gave her a look before rolling my /br /"Not really, I got eye banged though...there is his really hot guy sitting at the bar and he was smiling at me."br /br /Her face lit up, "Oh My God, where?" she lifted herself up as high as her small stature would let her. I looked over the bar and frowned because I couldn't see him anymore...br /br /"He was right-" My voice caught in my throat, "There-" He was walking towards us. His smile grew as we locked eyes and I could Mari shifting in her seat next to /br /"Oh my...he is cute," she whispered in my ear as the man reached our table. I kept myself from nodding, I didn't want to break eye contact for fear he'd disappear...br /br /"Hi," his voice was he kind that lured you in. I noticed he had the workings of muscles, not quite defined yet but you can tell they were there. His smile was sweet and his eyes were an extremely dark shade of /br /"Hi," I said back just as Mari said ,"-Take a seat," the man turned his smile on Mari before sliding in next to me. Not to close but I could feel the beat coming from his /br /"I saw you up at the bar and I couldn't help but recognize you..." My stomach dropped..."You were in a play I saw about a year ago at a college in California, you played the long lost sister to Seth MacFarlane." I didn't think my smile could get any /br /"You saw the play?" he nodded while sliding a little bit closer to mebr /br /"It was awesome,"br /"Good, because I wrote it," His face lit up and so did our conversations. He told me about how him and his buddy were a few years out of college. How he majored and film and video and how badly he wanted proof of the paranormal. He wanted his own ghost investigation show so he can prove to the world that ghost exist. The warmth and passion he had for what he did made my stomach twist and I couldn't help but throw myself at /—br /"Oh my God..." Anne looked at Rose with a wide eyed expression, her mouth open, "You were THAT Rose! You dated Zak Bagans!"br /br /"Yes, now, silence I am speaking,"br /—br /He asked me out right before we left the bar, slipping his number into my pocket as I printed mine on his arm. Mari and I walked home, Mari trying to joke about going on double dates with Zak and Ass wipe while I let my mind wander. I wanted to get home and call Zak but I knew that it was to early but for some inane reason...I felt guilty. Yeah, Rose Jeeson felt guilty for some /br /Rick wasn't at the apartment when w arrived so we figured he'd gone out to yell at more talent agents, dead, or getting laid. (It was the first but options are better then not being prepared at all)br /br /"Wanna watch a movie?" I laid the keys on the counter and looked at my friend. She looked to our collection of videos before shrugging her shoulders as a light red dusting covered her /br /"I was going to call Nathaniel and-" I lifted my hand to stop her /br /"say no more please! I want to keep my food down and and my stomach," Mari opened her mouth but I shook my head once again, "Honestly, I am gonna hurl if you say his name." Walking up to her, I squeezed her shoulder before heading to my /br /"What are you gonna do?"br /"Imagine that I am flying on a dragon through the clouds," I did a circle around the living /"If you fall off your bed again...I'm not helping," I waved my hand at her once before entering my bedroom and plopping down on the bed. I looked at my ceiling until my eyes started to droop then I forced myself into pajamas and turned the lights /br /The phone ringing woke me up the next morning, blaring around the apartment and ringing in my ears. Grabbing the pillow I wrapped it around my head and ignored the outside world. Nope, the outside world had other /br /"Oooooh Rose!" Mari called my name before running into my room and jumping onto me. Letting out a loud and over exaggerated oof, I looked at her through lidded /br /"What?"br /"Phone call for you,"br /"Tell them I died,"br /"Can't,"br /"Why?"br /"It's Zak,ow!" I pushed Mari off of me and ran to the phone. Pressing the receiver to my ear I did my best to keep the squeal out of my /br /"Hello," I bit my /"Rose?"br /"This is she..."br /"It's Zak. I was wondering if you wanted to hang out later today?" I covered my mouth with my fist to hold in the scream, "Rose?"br /br /"Yes, yea...cool...we can, uh...what time?" Wow smoooooth /br /"About seven, I can pick you up at your apartment,"br /"Awesome," I waited a beat before I realized something, "You need my address,"br /br /"That would be helpful," We both laughed before I told him the address and hung up. I turned around and nearly peed /br /Mari was standing behind me with a bright grin on her face and her eyes were large and full of /br /"Mari...?"br /"You have a date tonight," her voice rose ten /I stepped away from her and made my way back to my bedroom, "Yep,"br /br /"What are you doing?"br /"Going back to bed a midget rudely woke me up and I need my beauty sleep for tonight,"br /—br /The group stopped for a passing car as they crossed the street. MacFarlane had Rose tugged under his arm and Mari was swinging her and Green's intertwined hands. James, the camera man, zoomed in on the shorter couples hands before zooming in on Rose. She was smiling up at Seth as he rubbed his thumb into the base of her neck. Even though her story was about a last relationship you could tell he was listening to every word she was /br /Anne pulled out her journalist voice, "Why did you two break up?"br /br /"I'll have to tell you about how he helped Mari and I before I can tell you how we broke up,"br /—br /About seven months into the relationship, Zak had had his first investigation, Mari had sold close to forty pieces of art and I...I learned how to make a BLT without burning the B but It was also when Zak met Rick for the first /br /"Are you nervous?" I looked up at my boyfriend at the time while rubbing his /br /"The way you've described Rick...I am scared that I won't be good enough," I lifted up and kissed him carefully on the lips. Zak held me closets him while I laid my head carefully on his /br /"He liked Seth, he'll like you," I felt his shoulder tense before a knock shook the door. Standing up and off the couch I went and answered the door. Rick smiled at me and enveloped me in a hug as soon as I swung the door open. His demeanor was bouncy compared to how he normally holds /br /"Dd you get laid?" I asked when the hug ended and he came into the /br /"No, but I met a woman. She is beautiful Rose, you and Maribelle will adore here."br /br /"Oh My, Rick I am so happy for you," I smiled at him once more before leading him into the living room. Zak jumped up from the couch as we entered the room. Rick stood in front of him as I stood at his side and gripped his /br /"This is Zak Bagans," I smile up at Zak and then looked to Rick, "This is Rick, our lovely Brit," Zak held out his hand and Rick took /br /"Hi," Zak's voice shook /br /"Hello," Rick smiled. Zak relaxed slightly as the older man begun to walk towards the love seat and sat down in it. He placed his arm on the back of the love seat and silently watched as Zak and I sat on the /br /"What do you do for a living Zak," I rolled my /br /"I am in film and video but at the moment I am trying to start a Ghost Investigation show," His eyes lit /br /Rick looked to me then Zak before responding, "Straight to the heart of young Rosemarie here. She loves anything paranormal or out of this world," Zak laughed before looking at me with a smile. He leaned over an kissed my forehead before him and Rick struck up a conversation about film /br /I was happy they had hit it off. If I were to be honest Seth was the only guy I even considered meeting Rick so the fact that Zak met him and he likes Zak, my heart was full. I played good hostess and got them drinks and food while they chatted. Zak donned on his investigations and Rick bragged about Mari and mines talents, "They are funny, beautiful and Talented. My girls are going to go somewhere in life, they're going to make it to the top, but no one will allow them to. We have been going from taken agency to talent agency and no one has the balls to say yes." Rick finished his small rant with a pissed off frown. I gave him a smile but it didn't reach my eyes. At that time, the fact that no one wanted us sort of hit home for me. It wasn't just Rick who was getting pissed at the agencies; Mari and I were starting to boil. Then Zak said the one thing that changed all of our /br /"I know a Talent Agent and I could get you guys in,"br /—br /Anne paused in her footsteps long enough to stare at the tall golden haired woman, "Zak is the one who got you guys your first chance?" the awe in her voice made Rose realized she might be a fan /br /Mari nodded her head, "Yep. He got us chance and we went with it. We actually still use the same agent today even of Zak broke up with Rose," She caught the look of disappointment in Anne's /br /"Why would Zak break up with you...?"br /br /"because he saw something that I refused to see until two years ago,"br /—br /Plopping down on the Zak's couch, I sprawled out and put my arm over my /br /"Whats up?" He sat at my /br /"Seth called me last night, he was drunk as a skunk and forgot I lived in Vegas. He kept saying he could just drive over to see me but, ugh, I'm just tired," Weariness was in my voice and all I wanted was for Zak to rub my feet but he felt stiff beside /br /"Zak?" I looked at him and he looked back with a sad expression,"hey are you ok?" lifting up I leaned to press my hand against his cheek. He leaned into it before shaking his head and catching my lips in a /br /He took my min off of Seth's phone call for a few hours but later that night my phone went off. Rolling out of his bed, I pulled his shirt on and grabbed my phone off the table. Answering it I groaned into the receiver,"Hello,"br /br /"Rose, baby, I'm in Vegas and my dick is hard," Seth's voice slurred through the receiving end of the phone. Rubbing my forehead I made my way to the living room. The sky was pitch black but the neon lights cast Blue, green and Red /br /"Seth-"br /"Rose, God, just saying your name send my blood south. I need you touching me, near me, on me," my irritation gnawed at my stomach. Why does he have to do this?br /br /"Seth, where are you,"br /"I am looking at your apartment building. Come out to me babe, come for me," Oh God...br /br /"Seth, sit on the stairs and stay there. DO NOT MOVE!"br /"I love it when you get all dominatrix on me," I sighed and put him on hold and dialed Mari's /br /"What," The sleep in her voice made me apologize /br /"Mari, love, I know it's really late but Seth is outside the apartment, drunk, and I need you to bring him inside until I can get there," I hated doing this. Leaving Zak's to go deal with his drunk ass but you do what you have to do. She agreed to help him into the apartment and we hung up. I picked Seth's call once more and heard Mari's /br /"Come on, get up-"br /"Mari...where is Rose...I want Rose...I need Rose," My heart broke slightly at the plea in his /"I know, Seth, I know," I hung up the phone and shook my head. This is to much to deal with at...I checked the phone an groaned, three in the damn morning. Turning back to get my clothes from Zak's room I /br /Zak stood in the doorway with his arms crossed over his chest. The look on his face told me he heard the whole conversation. I dropped my eyes to the floor and made my way towards his bedroom, "I'll come back after I'm-"br /br /"No," He grabbed my arm and I looked up at /br /"What?"br /"Don't come back...Stay with him and don't come back,"br /"Later today then-"br /"It's over Rose," He said in one quick breath. His hand dropped from my arm and I winced, not from the grip, but from his /br /"Zak..."br /"You love him Rose. When you mention him it's like your whole body lights up from the inside out. He obviously loves you...so just be with him," Zak looked away from me. I felt a stab in my chest...was he really...br /br /"I'm not in love with-"br /"Good bye Rose," He turned away and headed in the direction o the guest bedroom. A piece of me wanted to go after him, to apologize and tell him that he has nothing to worry about. The other piece of me answered the buzzing phone call from Mari, got my stuff and /—br /"You mean I'm the reason he broke up with you," MacFarlane asked his wife. She nodded up at him and smiled at the grin on his /br /"Sweets, you got some evil on your lips," She touched his upper lip andbr /wiped down to his collar /br /"Thank you," He swooped down and gathered his wife in his arms and kissed her passionately. The interview pulled on her collar to lessen the light heat inside her. Mari and Green wolf whistled and James, the camera man, zoomed in on the lover's /br /Once MacFarlane Released his wife, Anne jumped in on the next question, "When did you meet Jensen?"br /br /Rose looked at her soul sister and smiled. Both girls shared a rather fond memory of Jensen and it always caused them to /br /"It was back when he had just ended Dark Angel and was a year away from doing Supernatural.."br /—br /Mari and I had been filming none stop to get an up and runner for the mid season of What's Wrong With America. We had plenty of in studio shoots but both of us wanted to range more into location shots. We'd convinced Rick to allow us to travel to southern states and film. Mari wasn't quite happy about it but I wanted to go to /br /"Why?" My darling best friend whined to me. I glanced over my shoulder an shook my butt, "Sexy cow boys in tight jeans and great steak,"br /br /"Boys and food that's all you think about. No one considers that they have spiders the size of a basketballs there nooooo!" She threw her hands in the air and cursed /br /"Mare, babe, it's not like we are going to go hiking in the desert. We are visiting Dallas and San Antonio, the two most civilized big cities there, relax. " I grabbed her hands and placed them at her sides. She gave me a wide eyes, fear filled stare and wobbled her bottom /br /"Hell no, no puppy stare," Shaking my head I looked away from her pouting face. Mari is the only person whose puppy face has any affect on me. Luckily she dropped it and huffed off to her room to finish packing her /br /We left for Texas that Thursday around noon and landed about four o'clock. Rick and the other producer we had working with us—Yeah, I don't remember his name— got us a really nice hotel. Mari an I ransacked the lobby and scared the desk lady when we popped up in front of her. Honestly though she should of seen us walk across the lobby, but NOOO! It was still funny /—br /The group stopped at a late night coffee shop. Rose made a disgusted face but walked in with them and ordered a cup of mint /br /"Where were you in Texas?" Anne asked. She sipped on her mocha half-caf and let her eyes linger on the Golden blonde haired /br /"Dallas, spoiler, we meet Jensen in the hotel," Rose pressed her nose against her husband's shoulder and smiled as his cologne filled her senses. She honestly hated coffee and the smell made her stomach turn. Seth knew this and wrapped his arm around his wife's shoulder so she can catch his scent more then the /br /"Really?"
Anne /"Yep,"br /—br /Mari held the hand-held camera up to her face and grinned mischievously. I watched her carefully as she walked up to the elevator and pressed the /br /"Why did you bring the camera?" All we were going to do was go get some /br /Her dark eyes looked up at me, "I can." I frowned at how much she sounded like me before breaking into a /br /"All fun things happen when the camera is off," I gave her a /br /"thus the reason it's always on around us," I shook my head at her and stepped into the open elevator an right into a beautifully handsome man with bright jade green eyes. He smile at me and my breathe caught in my throat. I recognized him the second he said sorry an felt like a fan /br /"It's...it's ok..." He gave me a look before breaking into a breath taking /br /"Are you Rose Jeeson?" His voice had a rich but soft, southern accent that sounded great coming from his deep /br /I blushed and looked away from Mari who had the camera fixed on him. Her mouth was wide open and a baffled look painted her features. Nodding my head I answered, "Yes and you're Jensen Ackles," His smile grew into a large grin and a smug emotion filled his /br /"I feel honored that you know who I am," he looked to Mari and winked t the camera, "You guys are hilarious."br /br /"I know," I couldn't stop myself from saying my usual conceited response to that statement. He laughed a high laugh and touched my /br /"That right there is why I love your show. No modesty, it's full on ego but you guys make it awesome." The elevator dinged and the doors open. All three of us exited the contraption and stepped into the lobby. Jensen turned and looked at us with his hands spread out before /br /"I would love to get to know you more..."br /br /"We're going out to dinner if you want to come with us," Mari blurted out before I had the foot-in-the-mouth moment of saying, "Bye," I glanced down at my best friend and hid a smile. Jensen agreed to come to dinner with us and the bubble of happiness nearly exploded inside my chest. When we reached the restaurant that (MARI) chose I think Jensen was a little thrown /—br /"Where'd you go?"br /br /"KFC, I was in a chicken mood but I also wanted a biscuit so I went with KFC," Mari gave the interviewer a very goofy /br /"She has a thing with going to KFC when she wants chicken. She can't just go to the store of something, nope, she's gotta go to KFC," Green went on a small rant that would make his beloved wife /br /"Seth, honey," The ginger looked at his wife, "Shut up," Maybe not so /br /"Anyways!"br /—br /It was a good thing Mari brought the camera because I managed to scare the life out of a cashier. Yes I, Rose Jeeson, managed to terrified a poor little /br /Jensen opened the door to let us in and shook his head as I bowed my head at him. Mari kept the camera in our faces and shook slightly from silent laughter. Ignoring her I grabbed Jensen's arm and led him to the cashier, who looked at him as if a Greek god had just entered the joint. I believe he knew how sexy he was he just didn't flaunt it...a /br /The cashier was a braced, brown haired teenage girl with an adorable dimple in her cheek but a really bad case of creepy eyes. I'm not kidding they were freakin huge and were glued to Jensen, "Hi, may I help you?" even her voice was creepy. It was really light and airy, like a pre-Becky that stalks Dean not /br /I stepped forward and smiled at the girl, "Yeah, I want fried chicken with some mashed potatoes but not a lot of mashed potatoes; just the right amount of mashed potatoes. No gravy, gravy is gross, so maybe some gravy on the side with pudding. You gotta give me my pudding and some Dr. Pepper. Mama needs her crack." I could feel Jensen laughing behind me and Mari kept repeating that I am a /br /The pre-Becky looked at me in shock and confusion, her mouth opening then closing as she thought of what to say. I raised a brow and tapped the counter impatiently, "Well?"br /br /"M..ma'am...we... 't have any, uh...um, Dr. Pepper," Mari gasped behind and whispered , "Oh hell naw," which caused Jensen to snort a laughter and attempt to cover it with a cough. The pre-Becky looked at me with fearbr /br /"Figure out how to get it, because the customer is always right but right now the customer is getting pissed," I smiled sweetly at her and the poor girl paled twelves colors lighter then what she originally was. I opened my mouth for another go round and she took off quicker then a cheetah. Ducking behind coworkers and knocking a tray of biscuits out of ones' hands. Jensen turned to me an smiled an exasperated smile, "Vicious,"br /—br /Anne nearly choked on the mocha in her cup; eyes wide as she shook her head and in /br /"Mean," She commented with a hint of laughter tasting on her /br /Rose shrugged with a "whatever" hand gesture, "I think that's when Jensen decided he wanted to sleep with me."br /br /"Did you date exclusively? The press never got a full answer on that one and you two always dodge joint interviews..." A calculator look swam inside of Anne's eyes as Rose shook her /br /"Just a rather lengthy one night stand. We never truly went out on dates and when we did it was mainly to have wild sex afterwards. It was at a point in my career that I was solely focused on the show and Jensen was starting to get in big with Supernatural so we hardly had anytime together. It didn't help that he kept saying he couldn't actually be with someone who was in love with another. Huh, seems all my exes before Seth knew I loved him...well, all but one, but that was because I fell for him..." Rose looked away from the interviewer as her ivory cheeks flushed a light red and a smile curled her /br /"Who might that be?"br /br /"John Cena," the interviewer nearly choked on the sip of mocha she took. She pulled out a notebook from the messenger bag at her side. One, much like Rose's, that carried everything the interviewer needed. Flipping through pages and pages of the notebook she couldn't find anything indicating a relationship with John Cena, "but...how..."br /br /"We were very secretive and the way we acted with each other people just accepted that we were nothing buy friends."br /br /MacFarlane touched his wife's arm, "Babe..." Rose looked over and saw the frosted look in Seth's eyes. She but her lip before turning back to /br /Taking a breathe she started talking, "I won't go into much detail over him...some tension happened between Seth and John and its a touchy subject for my beloved husband here. I will say thought that at one point John and I were engaged, we were madly in love. We might as well have been best friends if it weren't for Mari over there," The short women beamed a cocky smile, "Much like the end of Jensen and I...it all came down to our jobs. Cena was the only one who didn't leave me because I cared for Seth..I believe it was because I truly did love John. Our jobs and the distance and stress of trying to keep the press out of what we had became to much. It hurt when we both said goodbye but if we hadn't...I wouldn't have fallen in love with Seth even more the I already was." Rose looked at Seth with her blue eyes wide and full of admiration. The "in love" look that made Seth's heart leap from his chest and remind him why he calls Rose his. She leaned forward and kissed him softly before turning back to Anne once more, "The story is simple after that."br /—br /I had just finished getting food for myself that evening. My darlin' little midget was off doing God knows what with Green and I was stuck at home...alone. As soon as a entered the apartment I turned the TV on and headed towards the kitchen. Listening to the sounds of Veronica Mars reruns in the background as I took all of my items out of my Dairy Queen bag. The tv paused for a moment and I heard the distinct click of the front door being opened before a familiar voice rand through the quiet apartment, "Hey, Jeeson, I'm going to be with you tonight and I am hungry," Seth's voice traveled into the kitchen as I heard his footsteps tap on the hard wood floor. I didn't look up; no need to when you know who it is. I just kept setting my cheap dinner up and wiring for him to steal my /br /"Jeeson," He spoke, his voice a little closer to me then I thought it was, "Are you in there, little bit," His hand touches my lower back and I bit into a fry to keep from reacting to the heat traveling up my spine. "I can make myself at home, I know where everything is and I'm hungry," The other hand reached out to grab one of my fries and I reacted. Slapping away his hand I grabbed my plate and spun around him, heading towards the living /br /"Get your own food, Lord Douche bag," I called through a mouthful of fries. I heard a response but it made no sense so i ignored it. Sitting down on the couch I propped my feet on the table and stared at Duncan holding Veronica, a weight dropping in my /br /"Someone is in a biting mood today," Seth announced his arrival into my living room. Plopping down next to me he put his arm behind me and bumped his knee with mine. I rolled my eyes and continued watching teenagers having complicating lives. Seth had other plans, "Rose," my plate disappeared from my hand and I pouted, "I've decided something," his fingers slid beneath my chin and he made me look him in the eyes, "We're going to date and it'll be real dating, not just sex,"br /br /I blinked, "Seth,"br /"Yep, I just said that and it's true. You're my girlfriend now Rose and you know what girlfriends do?" I was still in a semi shocked state but my mind went south /br /"What do they do Seth," I winked. He leaned in close to me and smiled," They share their fries," he swiped Six off my plate and threw them into his /—br /Green laid down a five for a tip and lifted Mari's hand to help her balance as she sleepily stood up. Rose used her chair and MacFarlane's shoulder to help herself up and Anne stayed seated," Wow," the interview looked taken back, "that's romantically anticlimactic,"br /br /Mari shrugged, "That's Rose for ya. Never know if she's gonna let you finish first or the other way around," everyone but Anne /br /"They're so many questions I still have to ask," she rubbed her eyes, "but I have a whole week to ask them,"br /br /MacFarlane and Green both wrapped an arm around their wives, "Then we shall see you tomorrow, Anne, good night and you're welcome." MacFarlane nodded to the women before him an Green led them out of the coffee /br /"I think we gave her more then she bargained for," Mari commented once the two couples hailed down a /br /Rose shrugged, "We warned them and they still want more. What is the one lesson you need to learn when it comes to us..."br /br /The two Seth's answered Rose's question without hesitating, "It's safer NOT to ask."/div
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This one took longer than What Can We Say, We're Classy Girls. 6 months...And Randa says it took me forever. Granted, she was typing it on my iPod. Granted—despite popular belief—we aren't always together. But still.../div
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